English

Noun

creo ‎(plural creos)

1. (slang) Short for creationist.
   • 2004 August 2, Jason, “Around the Blogs”, in Evolutionblog:

     Nelson is just about the only creationist who makes some effort at presenting his ideas in legitimate scientific venues, but Pharyngula does a good job of showing why creo's don't do well in such situations.

   • 2005 March 24, Martinez, Ray, “Re: Natural Selection”, in talk.origins, Usenet, message-ID <1111718471.043282.17720@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>:

     Anytime you want to debate an intelligent creo instead of the AiG YEC morons I will promptly oblige you.

   • 2007 September 10, Matzke, Nick, “Iapetus flyby today!”, in Panda's Thumb:

     And of course the creos will say that whatever they find is evidence for a young universe.

   • 2010 December 17, “Top Ten Evolution Stories of 2010”, in National Center for Science Education:

     In Texas, for example, a creo-dominated board of education in 2009 successfully shoehorned creationist language into the life and earth sciences standards.

Related terms

• neo-creo

Adjective

creo ‎(not comparable)

1. (slang) Short for creationist.
   • 2007 November 17, Myers, PZ, quoting raven (username), “The Discovery Institute lies to educators”, in Pharyngula, comment #128:

     [comment #128 by "raven"] In the hotbed of creo nonsense, the USA, acceptance of the fact of evolution runs around 99% among relevant scientists.

   • 2008 November 26, Gerard, Mark, “Re: Science be damned!”, in talk.origins, Usenet:

     First, I have to agree with you regarding the many creo sites and their unqualified interpretations of fossil evidence […]

Related terms

• evo-creo (evolution/creationism)

Asturian

Verb

creo

1. first-person singular present indicative of crear

Catalan

Verb

creo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of crear

Galician

Verb

creo

1. first-person singular present indicative of crer

Italian

Pronunciation

• crèo
• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɛo/

Verb

creo

1. first-person singular indicative present of creare

Anagrams

• cero, cerò
• ocre
• reco, recò

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *krēāō ‎(“to make grow”), from the same root as crēscō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkre.oː/

Verb

creō ‎(present infinitive creāre, perfect active creāvī, supine creātum); first conjugation

1. I create, make, produce
2. I beget, give birth to
3. I prepare, cause
4. I choose

Inflection

Derived terms

Related terms

• creātrīx

Descendants

References

• creo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• creo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “creo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • God made the world: deus mundum aedificavit, fabricatus est, effecit (not creavit)
    
  • to endanger, imperil a person or thing: alicui periculum creare, conflare
    
  • to be chosen consul at the elections: comitiis consulem creari
    
  • to be elected unanimousl: omnes centurias ferre or omnium suffragiis, cunctis centuriis creari
    
  • to be elected at the age required by law (lex Villia annalis): suo (legitimo) anno creari (opp. ante annum)
    
  • to elect a consul: consulem creare
    
  • to name a person dictator: dictatorem dicere (creare)
    
  • (ambiguous) God is the Creator of the world: deus est mundi procreator (not creator), aedificator, fabricator, opifex rerum
    
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 142f

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾeo/

Etymology 1

See crear

Verb

creo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of crear.

Etymology 2

See creer

Verb

creo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of creer.